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India
Vodafone Idea says services restored in Maha
Mumbai: Telecom firm Vodafone Idea late on Thursday said its voice and data services have been restored in Maharashtra after being disrupted due to flooding of a key site in…
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India
Vodafone wins arbitration against India for tax demand of Rs 20K crore
New Delhi: Vodafone has won the case against India over a retrospective tax demand of more than Rs 20,000 crore. The Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) at The Hague has…
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Technology
Verizon, Amazon to invest over $4 billion in Vodafone Idea: Report
San Fransico: United States wireless carrier Verizon and Amazon may invest over $4 billion for a stake in Vodafone Idea Ltd, sending shares in the struggling telecom firm up 13 per…
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Stock Market
Google eyeing stake in Vodafone Idea: Report
London: Tech titan Google is said to be exploring taking a minority stake in British telecom group Vodafone’s struggling India business. The investment in Vodafone Idea will pit the search…
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Business
Voda CEO meets Sithraman, will meet Prasad later
New Delhi: Nick Reed, CEO of the Vodafone Group, on Friday called on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accompanied by Vodafone Idea MD Ravinder Takkar. Later in the day, he will…
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Business
‘Non-provisioning for AGR dues by telcos led to today’s crisis’
New Delhi: One of the reasons why telcos are under severe financial stress over meeting AGR dues is that they never made annual provisions towards this contingent liability, like the…
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Business
Vodafone Idea’s stellar show at bourses may pause
Mumbai: Vodafone Idea’s share price nearly doubled during the past week in expectation of a government relief package for the struggling telecom sector. Some relief did arrive but not enough…
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Business
Vodafone in battle with IT Dept
New Delhi: Vodafone India and the Income Tax Department are battling it out as Vodafone seeks refunds while the Income Tax Department is laying claim to previous demands. From the…
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Business
Vodafone Idea to increase mobile service rates from Dec 1
New Delhi: Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) on Monday announced to increase mobile service tariffs from December 1, 2019. In a statement, the VIL said it was “suitably” increasing the rates…
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Business
AGR fallout: Vodafone Idea posts Rs 50,921 cr loss in Q2
New Delhi: Vodafone Idea on Thursday posted a massive net loss of Rs 50,921 crore in the quarter ended September 30 on account of the Supreme Court judgement on the…
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Business
Vodafone writes off book value of Indian operation
New Delhi: The price wars in the Indian telecom market have pushed the value of Vodafone’s local joint venture to zero or nil as Vodafone CEO Nick Read indicated that the…
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Technology
Airtel, Voda, Idea made no provisions for AGR disputed amount
NEW DELHI: A study of the balance sheets of private telecom operators, namely Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea, show that they did not declare the disputed amounts under the levy…
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Business
Vodafone Idea partners Red Hat to transform data centres
Bengaluru: Open source solutions provider Red Hat on Monday announced a partnership with telecom major Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) to transform its distributed network data centres to open standards, open…
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Business
Telcos paid Rs 11,838 cr as IUC in 2018, Voda leads
Gurugram: The telecom operators paid a total of Rs 11,838 crore as IUC or interconnect user charges in 2018, led by Vodafone which paid Rs 4,214 crore followed by Airtel…
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World
Ex-Vodafone CEO could be Italy’s pick for EU Commissioner
Rome: Former Justice Minister Paola Severino and the former CEO of Vodafone, Vittorio Colao, are the two leading contenders for Italy’s nominee European Commissioner, AKI learned on Tuesday. Colao, a businessman,…
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Business
Voda-Idea loss triggers Rs 21.5K cr m-cap loss in Birla firms
Mumbai: The unabated losses at Vodafone-Idea are eroding the value of other Aditya Birla Group firms, whose combined m-cap declined by a whopping Rs 21,431 crore on August 20, days…
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News
Huawei opens largest flagship store outside China in Madrid
Madrid: China’s technology giant Huawei has opened in Madrid its largest flagship store outside China. The two-storey, 1,100-square-metre shop is located in Madrid city centre, where the customers can experience…
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Business
Vodafone Idea Business Services ties up with CtrlS
New Delhi: Vodafone Idea Business Services (VIBS), the enterprise arm of telecom major Vodafone Idea, on Wednesday announced a strategic partnership with datacentre service provider CtrlS for information and communications…
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Business
Vodafone to switch on 5G network in UK on July 3
LONDON: Vodafone on Tuesday announced that its 5G network would go live in the UK for both common consumers as well as business customers on July 3, giving the UK…
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News
Vodafone Group pledges its stake in Vodafone Idea
New Delhi: Vodafone Group Plc has pledged its entire 44.39 per cent stake in Vodafone Idea worth over Rs 18,000 crore with seven foreign banks. The development comes after after…
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News
Rights issue, monetisation to meet fund needs: Vodafone
New Delhi: Vodafone Idea, the country’s largest telco by subscribers, on Wednesday said that it will meet its funding requirements as well as other possible capital infusion plans through its…
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Technology
Jio tops 4G download, Vodafone upload speed in March
New Delhi: With 22.2 Mbps (megabits per second) average download speed, Reliance Jio topped the 4G download speed chart of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) for March. For…
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News
Here’s the network which topped 4G download speed according to TRAI
New Delhi: According to the latest Trai data, Reliance Jio with an average download speed of 20.9 megabits per second on its network is the fastest telecom network in February.…
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News
Vodafone Idea to complete network integration by June 2020
New Delhi: The network integration process of Vodafone Idea is on track and expected to complete by June 2020, said the company’s Chief Technology Officer Vishant Vora on Wednesday. Speaking…
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Technology
US warns Europe against using Huawei
Budapest: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned European countries that using technology from Chinese tech giant Huawei could hurt their relationship with Washington. Speaking in Hungary, the first stop…
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